I'm freaking our with how much potential these multi-modal tools have. It's the same reaction I have when any open ended task is handed to me. I have no grasp on the overall picture and panic!!!
BUT for now I'm not going to worry about the overall picture and just play around and be messy for a bit.
Ok so have a look at some stuff I've been up to
http://realtimeboard.com/app/2243091/Physical-theatre
So this is a site like Prezi but a bit different. It uses many of the same tools but goes a little further. It's more like an online interactive whiteboard. Meaning that anyone can add change and contribute. It also has a cool link with Google drive/docs so you can view and edit documents on the site.
Wiki's are definitely more flexible with the things you can embed but you can link wikis to this page as well.
For students it gives them an exciting and versitile interactive place on the web to freely create and in the end all the areas created on the Board can be linked in a slideshow.
My only problem with this and other online programs is that they are less flexible and require an internet connection in order to use it. This can be a major problem with some students not having regular access to high end internet and computer hardware at home in order to run these programs.
Excellent effort with new tools. I always enjoy reading your posts as you have such a positive attitude to the use of ICT. The biggest challenge facing you and all your colleagues is going to be the time poor nature of the Australian curriculum.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't allow for good teachers to explore new ways of working with ICT to enhance the fun and enjoyment of learning.
Rather it is saying you have limited time to get the results/data we want to make our students improve.
The only positive I can imagine would be to use these tools to engage gifted and talented students who are prepared to give more of their own time to advance their learning because they want to grow in a way that the Australian curriculum doesn't support.
You know what I mean. The same reason why you and others spend hours exploring things because you love the journey and what it might uncover.
Of cours ethe national curriculum hasn't got to drama yet so Yeppoon SHS may still have some exciting arts program in place.
Great work Oliver.
I'm not so sure about the lack of time factor.
ReplyDeleteI know that explicit learning is all the rage at the moment but what about the values of implicit or design learning.
MISHRA and KOEHLER gave examples of how the TPACK model can be applied to giving students a task that mandates the use of sometimes complex technologies in order to produce a product. That product can be anything as long as it demonstates the students learning of lower and higher order thinking skills.
I was once asked to create a audio book with music and sound effects for a music class and we used film editing software in order to create it. Some of us had no idea how to use the software in the beginning but by the end we were quite proficient just from the practice of designing the final product
I know what you mean about the vast quantity of multimodal tools out there. There just aren't enough hours in the day to try them all!
ReplyDeleteI think that's the trouble with the commercial model in the context of ICT's. Every commercial entity want you to use their product and not another persons so they create a system that is unique to them. This can be great for people wanting to find a process that suits them but the detriment is when they make it so unique that it is isolated from all the other systems.
ReplyDeleteapple is a perfect example. while their products and services are of high quality they have almost no compatibility with any other system and so limit connectivity and versatility.
I realise that they want to make money but in a few years time the technology is going to become so complex that without universal compatibility it is going to seriously limit the creative potential of society